We went to Canterbury Park on Friday night to watch/bet on the horse races. We were accompanied by my sister Melissa, her husband Chad, and my friend B.J. It was REALLY fun! Way more fun than I anticipated. It was cheap, too. It was buy one, get one free on admission and pizza, with $2.50 beer! We only bet on one race (and lost a collective $5 between Mel and myself), but had a blast watching I think two others, picking our favorites and cheering them on! I would definitely go again!
We met up with some other of my friends that night and had a great time just relaxing and catching up!
Saturday, we went to the Mall of America and shopped the day away. The father-in-law and I did some wondering, hat-searching, people-watching and observing of the Midwest Yo-Yo Championships. Impressive stuff!
Mel, her mom, and sister Nikki bought some really cute clothes and shoes for our baby at Old Navy, Carter's and H&M. I can't wait to see them on the little guy (whenever he decides to join us out here).
Then it was time to head to the game. We were in the 7th row out in left field. Our seats were great! The game started off pretty boring (only 1 run scored in the first six innings, along with a collective 4 hits or something close to that) but then in the seventh inning the Twins scored 6 runs and won the game in exciting fashion 6-1!
I got quite an exciting prize in my bag of Cracker Jacks...a beer! They should have prizes like this more often, not silly tattoos or pencil toppers (actually my prize).
Time to ride the train back to the mall and drive to our hotel, the La Quinta Inn. The father-in-law and I checked in earlier in the afternoon and dropped off our luggage and Lucy into our room on the 12th floor. We were impressed with the nice rooms, and overall quality of the hotel. Well on our way back from the game and everything, Mel's brother called and said the elevators were down, all three of them... This did not excite us, and I wasn't sure if he was kidding or not. Sure enough, when we got back, they were down. So I promptly asked the desk if we could switch rooms, because Mel is 8 months pregnant, and I didn't think having the baby in a stairwell of the La Quinta Inn after climbing 12 flights of stairs sounded like my idea of a fun Saturday evening. They said they were full, and could get us a room down the street at the Hampton Inn. No thanks. Then after some other digging they found a handicapped-accessible room on the fourth floor. Ok, we'll take it. Quite a bit of hassle but we got a free night's stay out of the deal!
All in all, we had a great weekend, but sure are glad to be home!
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